CRITICALLY ENDANGERED

Chinese Alligator

Aliigator sinensis

Chinese Alligator

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“Unlike other alligators, the Chinese alligator is armored all over, even on its belly.”

Scientific Classification

KINGDOM

Animalia

PHYLUM

Chordata

CLASS

Reptilia

ORDER

Crocodylia

FAMILY

Alligatoridae

GENUS

Alligator

Location

The Yangtze River, China

Reptile

Carnivore

Habitat

Freshwater, Wetlands (inland)

Food

mall mammals, water birds, fish, aquatic mollusks; hatchlings eat insects, spiders and other invertebrates

Threat

Habitat Destruction

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